Its aim is to highlight and accompany the creative emulation of the Malagasy contemporary scene. Prix Paritana is open to all artists of the malagasy art scene and to all medium (painting, sculpture, video, photography, installation, etc.), to encourage dialogue between cultures and allow the creation and dissemination of artistic projects in Madagascar and internationally.
Every year since 2017, the winner of Prix Paritana receives a creative grant of €3,000, a residency at Cité internationale des Arts in Paris, as well as all necessary support for this residency (plane ticket, visa, per diem, etc.), a personal exhibition in the Parisian space of Fondation H and a few months after his/her return, a personal exhibition at Institut Français de Madagascar.
The other two co-winners receive a creation grant of 2 500 000 Ariary, the support of Fondation H to set up their exhibition project and a personal exhibition at Fondation H in Antananarivo.
For the 9th edition of Prix Paritana 2025, Fondation H launched a call for applications to Malagasy art scene and its diaspora from January 3 to February 23, 2025. The jury, composed of international and local professionals, gathered on March 20, 2025,to evaluate the 46 applications received. During the deliberations, the jury made a positive remark about the overall improvement in the quality of the submissions. The jury awarded first prize to Chloé Soafaniry Ramanankasina, shared the joint second prizes between Marcel Josoa Andrisoa Rakotonandrasana, known as Andri Marcel, and Rado Ramilison, whose projects were commended for their relevance, coherence, and quality.
Selected for their expertise and knowledge of the local and international creative context, the personalities making up the jury of the 9th edition of Prix Paritana are:
PrixParitana 2025 winner, Chloé Soafaniry Ramanankasina, is a designer-artist from the Malagasy diaspora based in Lyon, France, who presents the project Renouer les tresses de son identité. Her artistic approach revolves around a practice focused on transmission, identity, and representation, rooted in Malagasy culture. She uses hairdressing — its forms,objects, and symbols — as entry points to question collective memory and shared narratives. Her approach combines research, design, and visual creation (drawing, collage, photography, video), in a participatory and committed logic for new representations related to African and diasporic legacies. For the realization of her project, the artist deepens her artistic approach in three stages: inherit, through a series of braid drawings; transmit, through the production of images generated by artificial intelligence or photographs of hairstyles; and imagine, through an interactive video installation.
Second-joint winner of Prix Paritana 2025, visual artist Marcel Josoa Andrisoa Rakotonandrasana, known as Andri Marcel, presents his project Fihavanana, Mitam-pihavanana. In his artistic approach, the artist explores human faces through their expressions and emotions. Inspired by recycling and repurposing practices, he uses materials such as worn sandals, used tires, and more recently, rusted cans, which have become his preferred mediums, to breathe new life into abandoned objects. Through his project, the artist highlights the values of solidarity, mutual aid, and social cohesion at the heart of Malagasy culture. With two installations and a series of portraits, he explores the strength of fihavanana through everyday objects — restored worn sandals and kapoaka — which have become symbols of memory, resilience, and collective identity. By blending materials, narratives, and natural elements, the project celebrates intergenerational and community bonds, while inviting reflection on the fragility, transmission, and beauty of human relationships in Madagascar.
Second-joint winner of Prix Paritana 2025, painter Rado Ramilison presents his project Echo : les murmures des arbres. His artistic approach addresses intimate expression to give shape to the invisible and the immaterial. Inspired by psychology and ideals, his work fluctuates between reality and imagination, exploring the blurred lines between what is perceived and what is felt. His art aims to be a bridge between the visible and the collective unconscious. For Prix Paritana, his project gives voice to the silent distress of trees in the face of deforestation. Through the concept of imprint— both fragile, ephemeral, but deeply rooted in our consciousness — the project explores the mute cry of the trees and the guilt it awakens in us. This project is interpreted both through the call of the forests and the consequences of our human actions. It invites the public to reflect on their role in the destruction or preservation of this natural heritage, and to choose between memory and commitment.
Each edition of the contemporary art prize is accompanied by a free training module, organized during the application period by Fondation H, aimed at assisting applicants in constructing and defining their submissions. On January 30, 2025, Fondation H offered a training sessionto explain what Prix Paritana is, how to prepare the application dossier, how to handle the application form, and the main rules for building a portfolio. Since 2024, the application dossier requires an artistic file that includes a description of the project with which the artists are applying, an artistic CV, and aportfolio, following international standards.
For any questions about the 9th edition of Prix Paritana, please contact: contact@fondation-h.com
2025
Winner: Chloé Soafaniry Ramanankasina, artist designer
Second prize ex-aequo: Marcel Josoa Andrisoa Rakotonandrasana, known as Andri Marcel, visual artist
Second prize ex-aequo: Rado Ramilison, visual artist
2024
Winner: Tsiriniaina Irimboangy, artist-researcher-designer
Second prize ex-aequo: Andy Rasoloharivony, photographer and video artist
Second prize ex-aequo: Finoana Ratovo Andriantseheno, visual artist
2023
Winner: Ashiko Ratovo, multidisciplinary artist
Second prize ex-aequo: Dina Nomena Andriarimanjaka, multidisciplinary artist
Second prize ex-aequo: Ophélia Arilala Ralamboson, artist designer
2022
Winner: Mahefa Dimbiniaina Randrianarivelo, photographic artist
Second prize ex-aequo: Olivia Bourgois, visual artist
Second prize ex-aequo: Viviane Rakotoarivony, artist photographer
2021
Winner: Richianny Ratovo, visual artist
Second prize ex-aequo: Ms. V, digital artist
Second prize ex-aequo: Indie, visual artist
2020
Winner: Madame Zo, weaving artist
Following the death of Madame Zo on July 14, 2020, curator Rina Ralay-Ranaivo was invited to take up a writing residency at the Cité internationale des arts. He devoted himself to the production of a monograph on Madame Zo's work.
Second prize ex-aequo: Yannick Tojonantenaina Andrianambonisoa, artist photographer
Second prize ex-aequo: Felana, artist photographer
2019
Winner: Rijasolo, artist photographer
Second prize ex-aequo: Nirina Randrianarisoa, painter
Second prize ex-aequo: Mahefa Dimbiniaina Randrianarivelo, artist photographer
2018
Winner: Dwa, cartoonist
Second prize ex-aequo: Inès Cadillac, visual artist
Second prize ex-aequo: Liva Marc, cartoonist
2017
Winner: Temandrota, visual artist
Second prize ex-aequo: Rina Ralay-Ranaivo, curator
Second prize ex-aequo: Madame Zo, visual artist